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Procedure price report · Other OR therapeutic procedures on musculoskeletal system

Amputation of a finger or thumb with direct closure

CPT 26951the billing code this page is about

Removal of a single finger or thumb at a joint or through a bone, including trimming the nerve ends, with the wound closed directly.

Hospitals typically charge $2,996 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,784 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $3,013. Most fall between $1,329 and $5,317 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,784
States
50
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 1,784 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$1,002$1,550$2,996$4,627$7,694

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.7× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,002 vs $7,694).

How the prices are spread

$784 – $1,008: 96 hospitals$784$1,008 – $1,296: 149 hospitals$1,296 – $1,667: 154 hospitals$1,296$1,667 – $2,144: 185 hospitals$2,144 – $2,758: 152 hospitals$2,144$2,758 – $3,546: 228 hospitals$3,546 – $4,561: 279 hospitals$3,546$4,561 – $5,865: 155 hospitals$5,865 – $7,543: 107 hospitals$5,865$7,543 – $9,701: 110 hospitals$7,543median $2,996price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,615 of 1,784 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$784$1,00896
$1,008$1,296149
$1,296$1,667154
$1,667$2,144185
$2,144$2,758152
$2,758$3,546228
$3,546$4,561279
$4,561$5,865155
$5,865$7,543107
$7,543$9,701110

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,343
Median cash price$2,996
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.90×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $2,996.

Alaska: median $2,996 across 14 hospitalsAK$2,996Maine: median $1,427 across 18 hospitalsME$1,427Vermont: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: median $1,088 across 15 hospitalsNH$1,088Washington: median $3,214 across 59 hospitalsWA$3,214Idaho: median $2,575 across 21 hospitalsID$2,575Montana: median $1,817 across 21 hospitalsMT$1,817North Dakota: median $2,029 across 17 hospitalsND$2,029Minnesota: median $2,483 across 57 hospitalsMN$2,483Illinois: median $3,363 across 64 hospitalsIL$3,363Wisconsin: median $3,116 across 72 hospitalsWI$3,116Michigan: median $2,912 across 57 hospitalsMI$2,912New York: median $3,840 across 71 hospitalsNY$3,840Massachusetts: median $3,246 across 32 hospitalsMA$3,246Oregon: median $2,185 across 45 hospitalsOR$2,185Nevada: median $3,559 across 12 hospitalsNV$3,559Wyoming: median $1,616 across 11 hospitalsWY$1,616South Dakota: median $3,206 across 12 hospitalsSD$3,206Iowa: median $1,711 across 55 hospitalsIA$1,711Indiana: median $2,076 across 33 hospitalsIN$2,076Ohio: median $5,148 across 72 hospitalsOH$5,148Pennsylvania: median $3,587 across 69 hospitalsPA$3,587New Jersey: median $4,305 across 43 hospitalsNJ$4,305Connecticut: median $3,437 across 12 hospitalsCT$3,437Rhode Island: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $4,108 across 103 hospitalsCA$4,108Utah: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $2,164 across 37 hospitalsCO$2,164Nebraska: median $1,690 across 39 hospitalsNE$1,690Missouri: median $2,627 across 48 hospitalsMO$2,627Kentucky: median $1,247 across 22 hospitalsKY$1,247West Virginia: median $1,684 across 24 hospitalsWV$1,684Virginia: median $2,482 across 46 hospitalsVA$2,482Maryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $4,015 across 14 hospitalsAZ$4,015New Mexico: median $3,572 across 17 hospitalsNM$3,572Kansas: median $1,569 across 44 hospitalsKS$1,569Arkansas: median $1,582 across 23 hospitalsAR$1,582Tennessee: median $962 across 32 hospitalsTN$962North Carolina: median $2,125 across 43 hospitalsNC$2,125South Carolina: median $2,898 across 36 hospitalsSC$2,898Oklahoma: median $1,982 across 35 hospitalsOK$1,982Louisiana: median $1,992 across 27 hospitalsLA$1,992Mississippi: median $1,478 across 31 hospitalsMS$1,478Alabama: median $3,783 across 22 hospitalsAL$3,783Georgia: median $3,855 across 59 hospitalsGA$3,855Hawaii: median $4,250 across 11 hospitalsHI$4,250Texas: median $3,739 across 116 hospitalsTX$3,739Florida: median $4,810 across 53 hospitalsFL$4,810
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,996. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Ohio OH72$5,148+72%$1,902 – $9,701
Florida FL53$4,810+61%$2,292 – $6,064
New Jersey NJ43$4,305+44%$3,594 – $5,855
Hawaii HI11$4,250+42%$784 – $5,440
California CA103$4,108+37%$2,149 – $7,694
Arizona AZ14$4,015+34%$1,196 – $11,478
Georgia GA59$3,855+29%$2,540 – $5,575
New York NY71$3,840+28%$1,087 – $7,019
Alabama AL22$3,783+26%$2,540 – $6,644
Texas TX116$3,739+25%$2,653 – $4,481
Pennsylvania PA69$3,587+20%$1,638 – $5,050
New Mexico NM17$3,572+19%$1,231 – $8,609
Nevada NV12$3,559+19%$2,610 – $4,973
Connecticut CT12$3,437+15%$2,648 – $10,122
Illinois IL64$3,363+12%$1,251 – $6,283
Massachusetts MA32$3,246+8%$1,854 – $4,639
Washington WA59$3,214+7%$1,351 – $5,916
South Dakota SD12$3,206+7%$2,249 – $7,119
Wisconsin WI72$3,116+4%$1,744 – $3,747
Alaska AK14$2,9960%$2,415 – $5,772
Michigan MI57$2,912−3%$1,025 – $5,355
South Carolina SC36$2,898−3%$2,811 – $6,709
Missouri MO48$2,627−12%$1,049 – $9,679
Idaho ID21$2,575−14%$1,410 – $6,877
Minnesota MN57$2,483−17%$1,251 – $3,443
Virginia VA46$2,482−17%$1,482 – $4,407
Oregon OR45$2,185−27%$1,300 – $4,580
Colorado CO37$2,164−28%$1,380 – $4,536
North Carolina NC43$2,125−29%$1,398 – $5,285
Indiana IN33$2,076−31%$960 – $3,272
North Dakota ND17$2,029−32%$1,337 – $4,126
Louisiana LA27$1,992−34%$1,302 – $3,653
Oklahoma OK35$1,982−34%$969 – $4,017
Montana MT21$1,817−39%$1,050 – $2,982
Iowa IA55$1,711−43%$1,160 – $3,646
Nebraska NE39$1,690−44%$1,269 – $2,457
West Virginia WV24$1,684−44%$751 – $5,626
Wyoming WY11$1,616−46%$828 – $1,756
Arkansas AR23$1,582−47%$1,158 – $3,150
Kansas KS44$1,569−48%$1,015 – $3,990
Mississippi MS31$1,478−51%$946 – $3,047
Maine ME18$1,427−52%$1,064 – $2,905
Kentucky KY22$1,247−58%$1,036 – $4,187
New Hampshire NH15$1,088−64%$924 – $1,516
Tennessee TN32$962−68%$904 – $3,975
Vermont VT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $2,996.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,276$3,443$1,542 – $5,810
Children’s39$5,575$2,341 – $14,036
Critical access463$1,794$1,069 – $3,337
Ownership
For-profit184$3,855$1,935 – $6,415
Government330$2,125$1,186 – $3,966
Non-profit1,264$3,116$1,331 – $5,513
System affiliation
Part of a system1,425$3,228$1,410 – $5,559
Independent359$2,244$1,127 – $4,246

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$4,889
Median cash price$2,996
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

1,230 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,960 and the average of the middle 60% is $3,021; most fall between $1,338 and $5,287.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,230 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$980$1,597$2,960$4,637$7,694

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.9× what the cheapest tenth charges ($980 vs $7,694).

Of the 1,328 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,230 gave a usable cash price; 47 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 51 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,784 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (45%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,934 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,784
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here82
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded6
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded62
Hospitals that filed this code1,934

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other OR therapeutic procedures on musculoskeletal system family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Amp F/Th 1/2 Jt/Phalanx W/Neurect W/Dir Clsr.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Amputation of a finger or thumb with direct closure (CPT 26951) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-26951-amputation-of-a-finger-or-thumb-with-direct-closure